You'll get the best results when drilling ceramic, porcelain, or concrete with a masonry bit tipped with carbide or diamond. A carbide bit will be slower going than diamond. You can also use a ...

Cutting long, straight lines across wood or making "rip" cuts with a circular saw is much more challenging than you imagine. Following a crisp line marking the cut through the saw's baseplate notch ...

It can be scary to drill holes in the wall. For the first entry in our new D.I.Y. series, we’ll show you how to mount a television, or whatever you want. By Tim Heffernan Photographs by Clark Hodgin ...